Thursday, July 24, 2008

federal taxes

6 Thoughts About Last Night's Democratic Debate

The mystery over tax and Social Security reform only grows deeper. more >>

Will the Tax Issue Bite Democrats?

It may be the only weapon Republicans have. more >>

Rangel Tax Bill Could Reverse 'Reaganomics'

AMT reform and other Democrat tax ideas would send rates soaring. more >>

Rangel's 'Mother of All Tax Reforms'

Bold AMT plan may signal start of a broader push to raise rates. Does Hillary know? more >>

Is the Tax Issue Back?

Michael Barone Wonders Whether the U.S. Will Revisit the Tax Issue more >>

At GOP Debate, Clinton Emerges as Focus

As Thompson debuts, Romney and Giuliani go after each other...and Hillary more >>

Hillary Lays Out Her Economic Plan

Sorry, GOP, Clinton won't advocate raising middle-class taxes. more >>

Splitting (Third) Rails

James Pethokoukis on Politics and Fixing Social Security more >>

Capital Gains Taxes and Innovation

Incentives matter if you want to create more Microsofts and Googles. more >>

Giuliani Willing to Consider Raising Social Security Taxes

So far, he's the only GOP candidate who says he is willing to do so. more >>

Diving Dollar Is a Vote of No Confidence

Tax and trade policy aside, America's strengths mean the euro is not a serious long-term competitor. more >>

Bush the Economist

The president calls himself a supply-sider and pretty much gets the theory right. more >>

Obama Pushes for Higher Investment Taxes

Barack Obama is in favor of nearly doubling the capital-gains tax rate from 15 percent to 28 percent. more >>

Can Clinton Pay for Her Trillion-Dollar Plan?

Congress also has spending plans for revenue from a partial repeal of the Bush tax cuts. more >>

GOP Debate Seemed Removed From Economic Reality

How could the Republican candidates not mention the housing crisis or the rising risk of recession? more >>

Congress, White House Prepare for Battle

Both Democrats and Republicans will use AMT reform, a homeowner bailout, and China trade as 2008 issues. more >>

Can Republicans Explain Why Higher Taxes Are Bad?

The Clinton economic boom back in the 1990s muddies the case for keeping the Bush cuts. more >>

Larry Summers on China, Taxes, and Growth

"I think attempting to bludgeon China is a very risky course," is how Larry Summers, President Clinton's final Treasury secretary and former president of Harvard University, analyzed—in a chat with me this week—the wisdom of congressional attempts to push Beijing into quickly raising the value of its currency vs. the dollar in hopes of reducing America's massive trade deficit. more >>

The Magic $50 Billion Tax Hike

"What other taxes will be hiked, under the guise of 'fairness,' in the next few years?" is the question that longtime Washington hand Greg Valliere of the Stanford Group asks in his latest piece of perceptive, inside-the-beltway analysis. That apt query is prompted by apparent widespread support on Capitol Hill for legislation that would boost taxes on private-equity firms taking themselves public, like Blackstone. more >>

Does Paying Taxes Give Us Pleasure?

No candidate is talking about taxes as if they were country-club membership fees—at least not yet. more >>

Parsing Last Night's Democratic Debate

Three points about last night's Democratic debate in Manchester, N.H. more >>

Could We Afford a President Edwards?

You've got to give John Edwards some credit. Unlike most of the presidential candidates of both parties, he's actually proposing some very specific economic policies--and even putting some price tags on them. more >>

Lobbyists Like Bush's Healthcare Approach

President Bush's State of the Union address tackled everything from the war in Iraq to education at home. But small-business groups weren't paying attention to his shout-out to Dikembe Mutombo. more >>

A Sneak Preview of Obamanomics

OK, I just got done watching Sen. Barack Obama's five-and-a-half minute campaign video on his brand new Obama Exploratory Committee website. more >>

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